Teaching Lab San Diego K-5 Report
2021-2022 Mid-Year Report
Background
To date (Dec 09, 2021), Teaching Lab has administered the following to participants from your school or district during SY21-22:
282 complete responses to the End of Session Surveys that gather participant feedback on facilitation from session to session;
311 complete responses to the End of Course Surveys that gather participant feedback on each PL course;
919 complete responses to the Knowledge or Self-Reported Practices Assessments the first and last day of each PL course;
87 complete responses to the Baseline Diagnostic Educator Survey that collects information on teachers’ use of curricula, mindsets, self-reported practices, and school environment. The follow-up will be administered in the spring after a year of PL engagement.
Below are the results presented in various sections: Background and Demographics, Participant Feedback, Participant Knowledge, and Diagnostic Educator Survey for teachers and administrators.
Section 1: Participant Background and Demographics Summary
Teaching Lab collects information on participants’ gender and racial identity, years of experience, content area and grades taught, summarized below.
Gender and Racial Identity
Years of Teaching Experience
Content Area
Grades
Prior Experience with Teaching Lab Professional Learning
Roles
Section 2: Participant Perceptions
Teaching Lab collects participant feedback on facilitation from session to session and then on the entire course once it has concluded. Below are results for both.
Section 2a: End of Session Summary
Participants’ aggregate feedback on each session is provided below.
In summary, we see the following % agree or strongly agree with the above statements:
- 93% strongly agree or agree that they were fully prepared for the session.
- 89% strongly agree or agree that they responded to the group’s needs.
- 90% strongly agree or agree that they facilitated the content clearly.
- 92% strongly agree or agree that they effectively built a safe learning community.
- 93% strongly agree or agree that they demonstrated deep knowledge of the content they facilitated.
Finally, here are some highlights from the textual feedback of the end of session survey
Responses to “What could have been better about today’s session?”
Responses to “What went well in today’s session?”
Responses to “What additional feedback do you have about their facilitation skills?”
Section 2b: End of Course Summary
Participants’ feedback on each course is provided below.
In summary, we see the following % agree or strongly agree with the above statements:
- 75% strongly agree or agree that they were satisfied with how the course was facilitated.
- 79% strongly agree or agree that they responded to the group’s needs.
- 77% strongly agree or agree that they felt a sense of community with the other participants in the course even though they were meeting virtually.
- 85% strongly agree or agree that they will apply what they have learned in the course to their practice in the next 4-6 weeks.
- 64% strongly agree or agree that the independent online work activities were well-designed to help me meet learning targets.
- 64% strongly agree or agree that the strategies I’ve learned in the course are easy to implement.
- 54% strongly agree or agree that they facilitated the content clearly.
- 79% strongly agree or agree that they’ve learned in this course will improve my instruction.
- 91% strongly agree or agree that the course has supported me in being responsive to students’ backgrounds, cultures, and points of view.
Several samplings of the textual feedback from the course survey is presented below.
Responses to “What went well in this course?”
Responses to “Overall, what could have been better in this course?”
Responses to “What is the learning from this course that you are most excited about trying out?”
Responses to “Which activities best supported your learning in this course?”
Responses to “Feel free to leave us any additional comments, concerns, or questions.”
Section 3: Participant Knowledge (pre/post PL course)
Section 4: Diagnostic Educator Survey - Teachers
Teaching Lab administers a Diagnostic Educator Survey in the fall and a Follow-up Educator Survey in the spring. The baseline results from the Diagnostic Educator Survey for teachers are below.
Section 4a: Teachers - Use of Curricula
Teachers responded about the different curricula they use regularly and the most often. For ELA subjects we see the following results:
And for math we see the following:
Section 4b: Teachers - Mindsets
Teachers responded to items about the recognition of race and culture and holding high expectations for all students.
Section 4c: Teachers - Self-Reported CRT Practices - Teachers
Teachers rated their confidence related to carrying out various culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) practices.
Section 4d: Teachers - School Environment
Teachers responded to items about their school environment.
Section 5: Diagnostic Educator Survey - Administrators
Teaching Lab administers a Diagnostic Educator Survey in the fall and a Follow-up Educator Survey in the spring. The baseline results from the Diagnostic Educator Survey for administrators are below.
Section 5a: Administrators - Mindsets
Administrators responded to items about the recognition of race and culture and holding high expectations for all students.
Section 5b: Administrators - Support of CRT Practices
Administrators rated their confidence in supporting teachers to carry out various culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) practices.
Section 5c: Administrators - Observational Practices
Administrators responded to items about the focus of their observational practices.
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